September 19, 2024
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Discovery

Tiny, untrackable bits of space junk clutter low Earth orbit

This artist's rendering of orbital debris around Earth shows only the largest fragments that can be tracked. If one of them collides with a spacecraft, it could cause serious damage or failure. Credit: NASA There's no doubt that we've begun polluting the space around Earth. While governments around the world have been involved in cataloging

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Discovery

SpaceX's Elon Musk endorses Donald Trump for president: What this could mean for US space policy

Elon Musk at Viva Technology (Vivatech) 2023. Credit: Frédéric Legrand | Dreamstime.com Elon Musk officially He supported Donald Trump for President of the United States on July 13, 2024, shortly after Trump survived an assassination attempt. Musk, a billionaire tech entrepreneur, has made groundbreaking contributions in multiple industriesparticularly space travel and exploration. Even before Musk's

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Astronomy

This NASA project could create incredibly powerful telescopes

Artist's concept of the fluidic telescope (FLUTE). Credit: Edward Balaban Powerful space telescopes like the 6.5-meter James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will seem like toys compared to future liquid-mirror telescopes 10 to 100 times that size. Such a dream could become a reality: NASA has just granted the so-called Fluidic Telescope (JWST)Project FLUTE) three additional

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